Modern jeans are terrible. I need your help/advice.

[Webbo2]

I have a couple of pairs of Levi 501’s which are 32” waist which are a similar size to lots of my 34” waist suit trousers. I also have 2 pairs of Prana jeans these are much baggier and have a diamond shape insert in the crotch as they for rock climbing. Again they are 32” waist but more like 34” plus.
I suspect theses days mens trouser sizes has gone the way of womens i.e sized to flatter.

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

I have been trying jeans from all sorts of places
I prefer to try them on before I buy them so on-line is no good


Anyway - last few years I have had to have the stretch ones - which are fine when I buy them

and after several washes they don't shrink back to the original size
just slightlyu bigger

and hence baggier

so theyt are fine and fit well for a few months - then just fit worse and worse over time

and the knees seem to get a hole in them far faster than they used to

I have gone down a size recently
- which fit better

and my wife managed to find some which are not "shrink" ones - no lycra
she had to get them online from M&S - they have not had non-shrink ones in the shop for years!

 

[Gunk]

I’ve just bought a pair of Wrangler Texas slim cords and they’re really nice, good comfortable fit.

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

I’ve just bought a pair of Wrangler Texas slim cords and they’re really nice, good comfortable fit.

Where did you get them?

 

[Gunk]

Where did you get them?

https://www.jeanwise.co.uk/

 

[lazybloke]

...M&S regular fit. Yes they fit and are comfortable but they wear out very quickly normally on seams letting go....

Jeans have been my choice of trousers since the 80s; don't think I've ever had a seam go yet, so what the hell are doing in yours?

 

[oxoman]

Jeans have been my choice of trousers since the 80s; don't think I've ever had a seam go yet, so what the hell are doing in yours?

Wearing them to death, always M&S ones though.

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

Wearing them to death, always M&S ones though.

It is normally the knees that go in mine before anything else

I blame cycling with the constant up and down of the legs stretching the fabric
probably not helped by the"stretch" concept IMO

 

[lazybloke]

Wearing them to death, always M&S ones though.

That sounds mundane. Earlier you sounded like Bruce Banner, destroying seams with abandon

 

[oxoman]

Definitely not Bruce Banner.

 

[Webbo2]

It is normally the knees that go in mine before anything else

I blame cycling with the constant up and down of the legs stretching the fabric
probably not helped by the"stretch" concept IMO

I don’t think I’ve ridden in jeans for at least ten years.

 

[FishFright]

Jeans have been my choice of trousers since the 80s; don't think I've ever had a seam go yet, so what the hell are doing in yours?

Some people have acidic groin sweat and it rots cotton at a fair old rate .

 

[Webbo2]

Some people have acidic groin sweat and it rots cotton at a fair old rate .

I wonder if I have this except it seems to be rotting my skin rather than my pants.😱

 

[lazybloke]

Some people have acidic groin sweat and it rots cotton at a fair old rate .

Xenomorph genitals!

 

[Chislenko]

Back in the 70's / 80's my go to jeans were Falmers, don't know if they are still made.

My elder brother, a rocker, used to buy Sea Dogs.

Now I just buy whatever I come across.

The only no no for me is button flies

My problem with modern jeans is there never seems to be enough room around the thigh area and they always feel very tight there.